# 距

| 距 | U+8DDD, &#36317; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDD |
| ← 跜 [U+8DDC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 跞 → [U+8DDE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

距 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸尸 (RMSS), four-corner 6111$_7$, composition ⿰𧾷巨)

#### Derived characters

* 𭞯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37481
* Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3690, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8DDD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 柜 | *kaʔ |
| 渠 | *ɡa |
| 磲 | *ɡa |
| 蕖 | *ɡa |
| 蟝 | *ɡa |
| 璖 | *ɡa |
| 巨 | *ɡaʔ |
| 距 | *ɡaʔ |
| 拒 | *ɡaʔ |
| 苣 | *ɡaʔ |
| 炬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 詎 | *ɡaʔ, *ɡas |
| 鉅 | *ɡaʔ |
| 秬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 粔 | *ɡaʔ |
| 駏 | *ɡaʔ |
| 歫 | *ɡaʔ |
| 矩 | *kʷaʔ |
| 榘 | *kʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^5$ / geoi$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^6$ / gu$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^5$ / geoi$^6$
*** Yale: kéuih / geuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^5$ / goey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^5$ / gêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯¹³/, /kɵy̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
*** Tâi-lô: kǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
*** Tâi-lô: kū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ku
*** IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
*** Tâi-lô: kī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ge$^6$ / gu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ / kŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯ³⁵/, /ku³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gjoX
Rime :
| Character | 距 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其吕切 |
| Baxter | gjoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 距 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7048 |
| Phonetic component | 巨 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaʔ/ |

### Definitions

距
* spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
* to be apart; to be away from
* distance
* (literary) to arrive; to reach
* Alternative form of 拒 (jù, “to resist; to reject”)
* Alternative form of 巨 (jù, “huge; gigantic”)
* Alternative form of 詎 / 讵 (jù, “how”)

#### Synonyms

* (to be apart): 距離／距离 (jùlí)
* (distance): 距離／距离 (jùlí)

### Compounds

* 垂直距離 / 垂直距离
* 安全距離 / 安全距离
* 差距 (chājù)
* 弦心距
* 拔距
* 有效距離 / 有效距离
* 株距 (zhūjù)
* 深閉固距 / 深闭固距
* 焦距 (jiāojù)
* 相距 (xiāngjù)
* 礪吻磨距 / 砺吻磨距
* 秒差距 (miǎochājù)
* 等距
* 級距 / 级距
* 螺距 (luójù)
* 行距
* 行車距離 / 行车距离
* 貧富差距 / 贫富差距 (pínfù chājù)
* 超距
* 距今 (jùjīn)
* 距塞
* 距躍 / 距跃
* 距闉 / 距𬮱
* 距離 / 距离 (jùlí)
* 軌距 / 轨距 (guǐjù)
* 軸距 / 轴距
* 輪距 / 轮距
* 遠距教學 / 远距教学
* 遠距醫療 / 远距医疗
* 麟角鳳距 / 麟角凤距

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 距 |
| Kyūjitai | 距󠄁 距+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 距󠄃 距+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* partition; separation; distance
* spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
* to defend against; to prevent; to avoid (also 拒)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go)、こ (ko)
* Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)
* Kun: けづめ (kezume, 距)、たがう (tagau)、ふせぐ (fusegu, 距ぐ)、へだてる (hedateru, 距てる)

#### Compounds

* 距(きょ)骨(こつ) (kyokotsu)
* 距(きょ)星(せい) (kyosei)
* 距(きょ)爪(そう) (kyosō)
* 距(きょ)離(り) (kyori)
* 鶏(けい)距(きょ) (keikyo)
* 鉤(こう)距(きょ) (kōkyo)
* 軸(じく)距(きょ) (jikukyo)
* 測(そっ)距(きょ)儀(ぎ) (sokkyogi)

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “距”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ “距”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

距 • (geo) (hangeul 거)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

距: Hán Nôm readings: cự, cựa
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